Iotyrris kingae explained

Iotyrris kingae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

I. kingae has been found off the Hawaiian Islands, Christmas Island and the Philippines.

References

• Powell, A. W. B. 1964. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1. (5): 227–346; 1 (7): 409–454.

External links

• Abdelkrim, J.; Aznar-Cormano, L.; Buge, B.; Fedosov, A.; Kantor, Y.; Zaharias, P.; Puillandre, N. (2018). Delimiting species of marine gastropods (Turridae, Conoidea) using RAD sequencing in an integrative taxonomy framework. Molecular Ecology. 27(22): 4591-4611
• Gastropods.com: Lophiotoma (Xenuroturris) kingae

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Iotyrris kingae (Powell, 1964). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1441488 on 2021-03-28